Col des Mosses – Lake Hongrin loop from Ormont-Dessous

Col des Mosses – Lake Hongrin loop from Ormont-Dessous

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Col des Mosses – Lake Hongrin loop from Ormont-Dessous

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78.1km

1,360m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.51 km

Col des Mosses

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The north ramp is rather tame with a good 500 meters in altitude, the climb from the canton of Vaud demands considerably more with almost 1,000 meters to be overcome. …

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2.87 km

Col des Mosses

Mountain Pass

8.77 km

Hongrin Dam

Highlight • Monument

Super beautiful but the road is in bad condition

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11.2 km

Lake Hongrin

Highlight • Lake

Fantastically beautiful reservoir with various resting places.

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12.1 km

Lake Hongrin

Highlight • Lake

Lac de l'Hongrin is a reservoir. Especially on the north side you can bicycling along it. On the south side, the road leads slightly above the lake. Along the entire …

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20.1 km

Route to L'Hongrin

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

There is no more gravel there, but new asphalt. There are still pieces in it with worse asphalt, but everything is paved

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39.5 km

Viewpoint

47.3 km

Route de Lessoc

Highlight • Cycleway

Alternative route widely recommended to avoid the main parallel road

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48.1 km

Viewpoint

49.9 km

The legend of the Lessoc fountain:
Colin, this Lessocois who, returning from the Château-d'Oex fair around midnight, after caressing the various bottle, was poorly received by his wife. She insulted …

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64.4 km

Gorge on the north side of Les Mosses

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

Daring route with great views.

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78.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

52.8 km

18.4 km

6.75 km

260 m

Surfaces

50.2 km

27.5 km

340 m

164 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,450 m)

Lowest point (700 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

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6°C

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Max wind speed: 6.0 km/h

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Comments

May 14, 2022,Enney, Lac de l'Hongrin

A scenic tour. If you want to ride it on a racing bike, I recommend going counter-clockwise. Unfortunately, I drove the other way around and then had to struggle with the bad road surface around the Lac de l'Hongrin and on the descent. So it was more of a slow exit.
A section at the bridge over Lac de Lessoc …

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